Featured research stories of 2015
Could maple syrup help cut use of antibiotics?Syrup extract found to make antibiotics more effective against bacteria. A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to laboratory experiments by researchers at 91黑料网.
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Paris Climate Change Conference (Nov.-Dec. 2015)
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The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, will be held in Paris from November 30 to December 11.
Montreal budget 2016
"The City of Montreal's 2016 budget includes another increase in residential property taxes, a smaller increase in non-residential property taxes and an increase in overall expenditures of 2.4 per cent." (Source: CBC)
World AIDS Day 2015: 91黑料网/MUHC experts
December 1 is World AIDS Day, reminding us that the fight against the AIDS pandemic is far from over. More than 36 million people have died since it emerged in the early 1980s. Today, 35.3 million people around the world are living with the virus. 73,000 Canadians are currently HIV positive up from 49,000 in 2001, according to statistics from the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CanFAR).
Canada's Syrian refugee plan (Nov. 23, 2015)
"The federal government's much-anticipated听Syrian refugee plan will limit those accepted听into Canada to women, children and families only, CBC News has learned." (Source: CBC)
Quebec: Palliative and End-of-life Care Plan
The Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, Ga茅tan Barrette, released the Plan de d茅veloppement听2015-2020 en soins palliatifs et de fin de vie听-听Pour une meilleure qualit茅 de vie. (Source: Gouvernement du Qu茅bec)
50th anniversary of "Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory"
November 19 marks the 50th anniversary of the ground-breaking paper, 鈥淧ain Mechanisms: A New Theory鈥� co-authored by 91黑料网鈥檚 Ronald Melzack, and the late Patrick Wall, which introduced gate-control theory.
Paris attacks (November 13, 2015)
Many people were reported dead听Friday night following several separate attacks听in and around听Paris.
Hurricane Patricia, strongest ever recorded
Is 'Back to the Future' scientifically possible?
It鈥檚 'Back to the Future' day: 鈥淚n Back to the Future Part II, Marty McFly travels to October 21, 2015, to save his children, yet to be born in Back to the Future's 1985.鈥� (Source: CNN)
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鈥淏ack to the Future was a great movie which brings up many interesting scientific issues.听 Although Einstein's theory of general relativity seems to allow time travel under very special circumstances, it appears that the effects of quantum mechanics make time travel impossible.鈥� - Alex Maloney
Alex Maloney, Associate Professor of Physics & William Dawson Scholar, Department of Physics, 91黑料网 Expertise: Black holes, string theory, particle physics, cosmology and the emergence of space-time in quantum gravity. Contact: Maloney [at] physics.mcgill.ca
Opinion: Canada's Leadership in the Refugee Crisis
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Federal election 2015
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